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Vol. 106 I Issue 4 I Nov. 15, 2017 I San Antonio, Texas
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Cruelty on campus?
PETA raises allegations against St. Mary’s STEM research
Photo by Natalia Zuniga
PETA accuses St. Mary’s professor of cruelty
and abuse against rats
SAMANTHA SALAZAR
NEWS EDITOR
An investigation involving St. Marys
professor Dr. Marshall McCue has recently
ended after allegations were made by
the organization People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals, also known as PETA,
who claimed that Dr. McCue was conducting
cruel starvation experiments on rats.
Dr. Marshall McCue, an associate
professor of biological sciences who has
conducted research and written about
digestion, starvation and other physiological
processes in both animals and humans for
almost two decades, was under investigation
for 6 months.
The initial complaint from PETA was
sent to the St. Marys president about alleged
research misconduct by Dr. McCue. As per
the Research Integrity Policy (RIP), a policy
outlining steps the university must take if
there is an allegation of research misconduct.
St. Marys Research Integrity Officer Dr.
Richard Cardenas was required to review
the allegations and decide whether or not
there was sufficient evidence to warrant
an investigation.
After gathering preliminary information,
Dr. Cardenas decided to move forward
with an investigation and the process
began in spring of 2016. The RIP indicates
that an investigation committee should be
appointed by recommendations made by
Dr. Cardenas.
The committee members are then
vetted by the provost’s office to ensure the
committee is made up of unbiased and
objective faculty members. The committee
was made up of three members, with the
chair of the investigation committee being
Patricia Zibluk, director of sponsored
projects, academic research and compliance.
Dr. Leona Pallansch, vice provost for
academic affairs, played an integral role
in the whole situation. Dr. Pallansch, who
normally handles faculty issues, was in
charge of making sure the RIP was followed
on all accounts.
“Basically my role in all of this was to
make sure that we followed, to the letter,
our research integrity policy, so that we
followed exactly what it said in terms of the
investigation, conducting the investigation
[and] the findings from the investigation,”
Pallansch said. “It was my job to make sure
that we followed it exactly.”
The investigation was supposed to be
completed within 120 days but did not finish
until this fall due to the summer break,
causing difficulties securing interviews with
the right people.
“It was not because the case was
particularly complex; it’s just that the people
that would need to be interviewed were not
here on campus,” Pallansch said.
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San Antonio mayor discusses vision for a tricentennial city
VICTORIA SALDANA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
San Antonio mayor Ron Nirenberg
visited St. Marys as part of the lecture series
Community Conversations. The discussion
took place in the University Center on Nov.
7 and was centered on the mayors vision for
a tricentennial city. Mayor Nirenberg’s visit
provided an opportunity for students and
the community to come together to listen
and discuss the ambitions of the city’s newly
elected mayor.
The conversation was moderated by
Rick Casey, an accomplished journalist
both in print and public broadcasting,
who presented and led the mayor through
the topics of the night. Casey and Mayor
Nirenberg focused on the policies the
mayor wished to implement during his
term, as well as San Antonio’s upcoming
tricentennial celebration.
The conversation began with the topic
of the mayor’s voting patterns. Casey asked
whether he was typically in the majority or
the minority in these situations. According
to Casey, the mayor was often in the
minority. The mayor responded that he was
often a minority vote in a different council
with a different agenda, but with his election
he hopes to make changes that will support
San Antonio being the “forward-looking
and progressive” city he views it as. He
continued that his campaign and election
“is what the city of San Antonio wanted
and needed.”
The first point of the discussion
concerned the Vista Ridge pipeline, in which
the mayor, a councilman at the time, was
in the minority vote. The pipeline, which
would stretch from San Antonio to Burleson
County, a rural county northeast of Austin,
would transport 50,000 feet of water for
30 years.
The mayor is a critic of the pipeline. One
reason for his critical stance is his concern
about how San Antonio is getting the water
and if this is the best option for the city’s
growing population. The second reason is
the complicated contracting of the water
and whether the city will have a guarantee
to this resource, both on the SAWS side and
through outside factors.
Transportation was the next issue
discussed, with Mayor Nirenberg
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Archdiocese brings faith
to St. Mary's campus
Veterans Day ceremony
honors those lost
On-campus art exhibit
showcases faculty art
LONE STAN CONFERENCE
The Rattlers join
Lone Star Conference
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